Tonight I saw thirty two year old K'Naan perform at The Hoxton Kitchen about ten minutes from my home in East London. He was brilliant. People speak of his similarity to Bob Marley which made Read more [...]

I've been a non smoker for two weeks. I'll save four thousand pounds a year. My breath will be cleaner and my teeth will be whiter. The drifting fragrance of grass as I walked past Clapton Read more [...]

Unfortunately for sunrise it's become known as.... the crack of dawn. I once knew someone called Dawn and.... I wouldn't advise.... It's early. I wake, yawn, stretch, scratch grimace, scratch, Read more [...]

Novelist Howard Jacobson is sat behind us at The Curzon in Soho to watch The Secret in Their Eyes. The last time Jacobson was this close he was sucking a cigar at The Chelsea Arts Club about twenty Read more [...]

I've been struggling each night of this week with Milan Kundra's The Unbearable Lightness of Being . I understand the philosophical underpinnings, it's cleverness, the relevance of 1968 Read more [...]

Oxygenated. It is the seventh day of non smoking freedom and it'd be easy to say it's been easy. I have had no excruciating withdrawal symptoms. I haven't experienced cold turkey. I stopped Read more [...]

I have been exploring words at The Bank this morning for a commission I'm working on: The Riverside Rooms are quiet. The influence of The Bank stretches across the world. Here's an example. So Read more [...]

At The Bank the fountain installation an hundred or so yards from my office is in full bloom. It is called Appearing Rooms. There are four rooms in total. Thousands of water jets form the walls which Read more [...]

In early afternoon I meet my projects manager at the architects in SE1. Afterwards I cycle to my office in The Riverside Rooms at The Bank. Everything is at The Bank. I drop into Foyles to pick Read more [...]

With high visibility overcoat, safety boots, hard hat, goggles and a fresh security pass I visit the building site kitted out like a cross between Bob the builder and one of the village people. Read more [...]